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Avalanche Landslide

CDOT: Don’t park in avalanche areas

CDOT urges backcountry users to be mindful

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanche warning is in effect in San Juans, La Platas

Threat is elevated to ‘high’ level

DATE: Jan 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanche buries 5 at Wyoming resort but no serious injuries

JACKSON, Wyo. – An avalanche triggered by skiers at a Wyoming ski resort buried five people to varying degrees on Saturday, but the victims were quickly rescued, and no serious injuries were...

DATE: Dec 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Avalanche work planned for Red Mountain Pass

The Colorado Department of Transportation will conduct avalanche mitigation work on U.S. Highway 550 on Red Mountain Pass on Wednesday. Motorists traveling over Red Mountain Pass,...

DATE: Feb 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Report: Avalanche victim Abel Palmer drifted into gully he intended to avoid

Durango man, 27, was buried in snow Jan. 21 near Red Mountain Pass

DATE: Jan 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanche victim remembered as ultimate outdoorsman

Slide occurred Sunday on south side of Red Mountain Pass

DATE: Jan 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton gets its first avalanche rescue dog in decades

As more people venture into backcountry, golden retriever’s role will be valuable for saving lives

DATE: Nov 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Famed Climber kills himself after girlfriend’s avalanche death

Just two weeks before renowned climber Hayden Kennedy killed himself following the death of his girlfriend in an avalanche in Montana, he wrote on a climbing blog that he had watched too man...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Landslides close a section of Taylor Mesa Road near Dolores

Recent landslides have forced a stretch of Taylor Mesa Road, about 3.5 miles from its intersection with Highway 145 outside Dolores, to close until work crews are able to clear the blocked a...

DATE: May 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Red Mountain Pass to close Thursday for howitzer testing

Newer gun needs sight calibration for avalanche control

DATE: Apr 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanche survivor wants to spare others from tragedy

Man pitched over cliff, buried 5 feet deep

DATE: Jan 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Molas, Coal Bank passes break snowfall record

Red Mountain Pass reopens after 3-day closure

DATE: Jan 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

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